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Surprises

The Find

October 13, 2013 by Pamela Parker Caird Leave a Comment

There’s a certain type of story you’ll encounter a lot in DIY or crafting circles. I call it “The Find.” The story generally starts at a garage sale, in a grandparent’s attic or barn, by the side of the road, or at some other unlikely location for discovering anything of value. But there is is……

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Filed Under: Food & Drink, No Waste, Surprises Tagged With: cast iron pan, cast-iron reconditioning, cast-iron restoration, rusty cast iron

No Waste: Cooking With Sweet Potato Greens

August 5, 2013 by Pamela Parker Caird Leave a Comment

Remember way back at the beginning of this gardening season, before daily 100-degree heat advisories set in? I had finally filled up my raised beds with soil and, lacking any other planting opportunities, I plunked some sprouting store-bought sweet potatoes in the ground in my enthusiasm. Yeah, they didn’t look very promising. They got even…

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Filed Under: Food & Drink, Kitchen Gardening, No Waste, Recipe, Surprises Tagged With: saute sweet potato greens, sweet potato greens, sweet potato leaves

Chop Wood, Carry Water

April 20, 2013 by Pamela Parker Caird Leave a Comment

I’m a late convert to a pleasure that many people probably discover much earlier in their lives — the joy of a job well done. And by job, I don’t mean my day job, or any kind of pushing-paper (virtually) endeavor. I mean labor of the “chop wood, carry water” variety — useful physical labor….

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Filed Under: Kitchen Gardening, Surprises

Time Flies

April 12, 2013 by Pamela Parker Caird Leave a Comment

Remember that nest, and those eggs, belonging to the bird family residing in our garage? Well, after our weekend away, more eggs appeared. And, not long thereafter, we began to see the mother and father bird bringing in bugs for these little baldies… (click on any of these pics to take a closer look) And…

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Filed Under: Nature, Surprises

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